Developing criteria and indicators for evaluating sustainable forest management: A case study in Kyrgyzstan

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-43

  Jalilova, Gulnaz ^a   Khadka, Chiranjeewee ^a   Vacik, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process; Criteria and indicators; Management strategies; Sustainable forests management; Walnut fruit forests

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; CRITERIA AND INDICATORS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; FOREST BIODIVERSITY; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST RESOURCES; FORESTRY MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY SECTOR; GENE POOLS; INCOME GENERATION; KYRGYZSTAN; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH GROUPS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOUND ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER GROUPS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TOPDOWN; WALNUT-FRUIT FORESTS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FRUITS; GENES; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH;

FORESTRY;

ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FRUITS; GENES; RESEARCH;

JUGLANS;

EID: 84861657266     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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